A Review: POWER LINES #1

The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of POWER LINES #1 from Image Comics (via Shadowline Comics). Jimmie Robinson writes, draws,
colors, and letters.

D-Trick has gotten in with a crew, and they’re heading
across the bay to the nice neighborhoods for a little tagging. D gets spotted
pretty quick, and when chased down an alley he discovers that he can apparently
fly – you know, like superhero stuff. Meanwhile, one of the crew has stolen
Sarah’s purse, and she and her son track the phone to get it back. During the
“meeting” Sarah has a similar discovery.

There are a couple of complications in this story, not the
least of which is that D is a black teenager and Sarah is a middle-aged racist.
And those complications are what makes it so compelling – how can such diverse
characters get over it and work together? Robinson covers all of the major tasks
in this book, and his style fits it all together seamlessly to tell a story
that I think will really mean something.

This is a story with a ton of potential to take the reader
to some really uncomfortable, yet really rewarding places. This is certainly
one to check out.